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Portfolio for volunteering experiences — based on the ProfilPASS
Portfolio for volunteering experiences — based on the ProfilPASS
Welcome to this experience in using the Portfolio for Volunteering
experiences – Based on the ProfilPASS. We have created this
document specially for you, to help you take a closer look at how
the volunteering activities you have been involved in are helping
you to grow as a person.
We invite you to use this instrument sincerely and open minded, so
you can discover the competences and skills you used and improved
while volunteering. Being aware of the knowledge, competences
and skills you acquired, helps you identify a possible professional
path you want to pursue and to reflect on what skills you would like
to develop further.
While you could complete this Portfolio on your own, we do
encourage you to find a mentor to offer you support in completing
it. Going through this document with your volunteer coordinator,
your mentor or any other person whom you have a close and
trustworthy relationship with, will greatly facilitate the completion
of the activities enclosed in the Portfolio. An experienced guide
will make it easier for you to complete the activities and provide
more accurate results, which helps you to determine what steps you
would like to take after your volunteering experience.
Dear Volunteer
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Furthermore, it is important that you do not rush through this
document. Every exercise/activity included in this Portfolio plays its
own role and stands in relationship with other activities. Therefore,
we invite you to go through it step by step on your own pace, in
the order they are proposed. Feel free to copy or add extra pages
to this document in case you don’t have enough space to write
everything you wish to include. If you want to be creative and
draw/write your answers on separate pieces of paper or include
additional items, we wholeheartedly invite you to do so.
Last but not least, we hope most of all that you will enjoy
completing the Portfolio and that you take all the time you need
to reflect and (self)asses how volunteering helped you grow as a
person and how it can be in your benefit in the future.
Thank you for investing your time and accepting out invitation to
enter this process and we hope you enjoy the learning journey.
Enjoy!
The EU R OV I P Team
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The document before you has a double function. On one hand,
volunteers can use it to reflect what they have learned during their
volunteering experiences. On the other hand, it is a useful tool
for you to evaluate the learning processes of the volunteers you
coordinate. The instrument intends to help the volunteers take
a closer look at what they learned while volunteering and how it
influenced their personal development.
You play a crucial role in ensuring that this Portfolio is used to its
full potential. If used correctly, this document helps volunteers
to discover what would be their dream job, what knowledge,
competences and skills they need for intended job, what and
how they already acquired these during their volunteering
activities. Most importantly, it helps young people set their future
professional and non-professional goals and helps them design a
path to reach them. This can be a daunting prospect and therefore,
we recommend that they complete this document with a Facilitator/
Mentor. We invite you to be their guide to support them in the (self)
assessment of their learning processes, to explain the instruments
enclosed in the Portfolio, to clarify any of the questions the
volunteers might have and to support them in completing the
more difficult parts. Most importantly, you should encourage the
volunteers to answer honestly and invite them to ask follow-up
questions to their answers, so that they gain new insights of the
learning outcomes of their volunteering experience.
It is important that you and the volunteer complete this document
at your own pace. While mentoring a volunteer in completing this
Portfolio, it is important that you have invested time beforehand
in building an open and trustworthy relationship between you
two. This Portfolio obtains its best results when you support
one volunteer at a time in its completion. Please, encourage
the volunteer to complete all the instruments enclosed in this
document step by step.
Dear Volunteer Coordinator/Mentor/Facilitator,
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They are designed and arranged in this order to give a full and
complex image of the skills and knowledge they acquired while
volunteering. That’s why we invite you and your mentee to go with
the flow of activities outlined in this document. However, we do
acknowledge that our tool might have its limitations as well. Feel
free to copy pages or include new ones to allow a full completion of
the activities. We also invite you to be creative, if you like to include
drawings or additional reflections on separate pieces of paper,
please do so.
Last but not least, we remind you that the Portfolio of volunteering
experiences was created to facilitate the monitoring and evaluation
processes of your volunteers. This Portfolio offers you the
necessary tools to get to know them better and how volunteering is
impacting their personal development. While its ultimate aim is to
help volunteers in identifying professional opportunities, it can also
be used to assist you in coordinating and preparing future volunteer
activities.
We hope you enjoy the Portfolio experience and hope it enables
you to get to know your volunteer better and discover ways you can
be involved in their future. By assessing their learning processes,
you can also help them become engaged volunteer-change makers
in our community.
Thank you for choosing the Portfolio to invest in your volunteers’
learning processes and their future.
Enjoy!
The EU R OV I P Team
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What is the “Portfolio for Volunteering
What is the “Portfolio for Volunteering
“Portfolio for Volunteering experiences – Based on the
competencies resulting from volunteering activities.
developed by the German Institute for adult education
Leibniz centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE) . While the
derive from your volunteering activities.
material designed to meet the needs of Young adults
activities and seeking the integration on the labour
young people.
Everyone is talking about Life-Long Learning. People
private or professional activity they engage in.
are documented and assessed. Other activities,
learning, for example, volunteering activities may
a system of recognition of competences gained through
volunteering. Part of this process implied also creating
volunteers and organizations in evaluating learning
processes that happen through volunteering activities.
developed is
1. M andatory part – it includes
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and the volunteer, the number of volunteering
time the volunteering involvement happened, the
signature of both the legal representative and the
volunteer coordinator.
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the volunteer has been involved in, described
the mentioned activities, (3) The learning outcomes
(competences, abilities, attitudes) developed in the
the learning outcomes gained through volunteering
activities. The 5 types of competences that they can
mention the volunteer developed or improved during
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information go to .
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»
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» Related to Europass competences
» Related to human resources, recruitment and hiring
processes
This Portfolio can support organizations and volunteer
VoluntPass.
have already gained from Volunteering activities – may it
» plan your professional development
» prepare you for (re-) entering professional life
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personal (re-) orientation
» plan future learning ventures, i.e. courses, training,
volunteering or professional activities
from hartavoluntariatului.ro
What is volunteering
about volunteering that emphasize the most important
aspects and set your volunteering experience in broader
perspective.
at an international level. Before sharing some of them
1. The terms volunteering, volunteerism and
traditional forms of mutual aid and self-help, formal
service delivery and other forms of civic participation.
and address human, social or environmental needs
and concerns. Volunteering is often carried out in
based initiative.
Volunteering is a creator of human and social capital.
all, volunteering translates the fundamental values
outside of their home countries are actively helping
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3. V olunteering takes place in many sectors. The biggest
culture, education, youth, environment and climate
action, consumer protection, humanitarian aid,
4. I n Romania, Volunteering is the participation of
a volunteer in activities of public interest for the
purpose.
It is your experience, your process and you are the one
to build on it in the future.
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Chapter 1
Voluntary activity
Introduction
Your personal volunteering activities
Self assesment
Additional methods of evaluation
and self assesment
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We are learning constantly, not only in school or at
act independently.
all those competencies deriving from your volunteering
you have done, learned and gained from your
them to others.
Introduction
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Type of volunteer activities Did you participate in specific projects?
Where?Did you take part in any courses or further
education training while volunteering?
What were these courses and why were you
interested in participating?
From when to when?
(Dates; How many hours per week/month)What were your duties and tasks?
Your personal volunteering activities
Please reflect on your volunteering activities
and use this page to note information about
your volunteering experiences.
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When thinking about your Volunteering experiences
what are your feelings about it?
What have been your reasons for Volunteering?
Have they been fulfilled?
What did you gain from your Volunteering
experiences personally?
Are there any activities, tasks and duties that
are or have been of particular interest during your
volunteering activities? Which were or are these,
and why? What did you enjoy the most? Describe
them in keywords and choose the top 3-5 ones that
you enjoyed most and would like to take a closer
look at.
Please reflect on your feelings and reasons
for Volunteering and what you have gained
from your experiences. Put your experiences
in own words and note them here.
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Additional material
MIN D MAP – AREA S OF AC TIVIT Y
LIFELIN EAD S
P ERSON AL QUALITIES – INSIDE AND OUTS IDE A SSE SSME NT
The following pages are not mandatory but are meant
to support the ProfilPASS self-reflection and evaluation
process. Which one you use depends on what you and/
or your mentor consider to be useful for you to become
aware of the competences, abilities and attitudes that
are deriving from your activities in formal, in-formal and
non-formal Lifelong Learning contexts, with focus on
volunteering activities.
This page supports you in gaining a broader perspective
on areas of your life, in which you have been active and
therefor used and developed skills and competences.
For you to become aware of all areas of your life in which
you developed competences found in Chapter 1, this
page will help you to self-evaluate them and to phrase
learning objectives and future plans in Chapter 3 of this
portfolio.
The Lifeline is meant to help you concentrate and
remember all activities you have done within your
volunteering experiences. Of course you can use a
Lifeline for all areas of life that you want to have a closer
look at. You might want to work with a mind map instead
of a lifeline to become aware of everything you have
done in volunteering or other areas of activity.
These pages focus on your personal qualities, sometimes
there are also called soft skills, and offer you the
opportunity to self-asses yourself but also have someone
else giving you feedback. The person you ask for the
outside assessment should be someone that knows you
well and that you trust. This will also help to improve
your self-awareness competence.
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MIN D MAP – AREA S OF AC TIVIT Y
So far you focused on your volunteering activities, but
this is not the only area of activity in non-formal and
in-formal contexts were you have acquired and improved
competences, abilities and attitudes.
Considering all areas of your life will give you
a comprehensive view on your abilities, which can
add to those deriving from volunteering.
School
Extraordinary Circumstances
Hobbies and Interests
Professional Education
Political and Civic Commitment
Home and Family
Volunteering activities
Professional life, Work experience, Placements, Job
My life
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LIVE LIN EA SD
The Life Line is meant to help you remember the
activities you have done during volunteering – it is not
mandatory to fill in everything you have done, but it is
worth also looking at little things and tasks which you
consider not as important at first sight. For example:
conversations with an elderly person or child, by this
showing empathy and social competences.
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PERSON AL QUALITIES SELF -A SSESSME NT
Now we will have a look at your personal qualities –
these qualities refer to what you have done, how you
reacted in all activities or in the context of volunteering.
It also reflects upon your attitudes and values.
It is not necessary to assess all qualities. Mark those
which you think apply to you. In which situations have
you shown these qualities? This information will be good
to have, e.g. for a job interview.
Qualityes true somewhat true
not really true
not true at all
team worker
pro-active
organising
time management abilities
confident
morally upright
ability to plan
interpersonal sensitivity
creativity
resilience
enthusiastic
willingness to learn
communicative
full of ideas
hard-working
target-oriented
persistent
careful
patient
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Qualityes true somewhat true
not really true
not true at all
caring
curious
methodical
tolerant
reliable
punctual
helpful
responsible
open for constructive feedback
attentive
tidy
risk taker
strong-willed
sociable
ambitious
bustling
willing to compromise
diplomatic
adaptable
persuasive
other options
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PERSON AL QUALITIES OUTSIDE-A SSESSME NT
It can be really interesting to find out what other
people think about you.
Talk to someone, who knows you well and whom you
trust. Concerning your Volunteering it might be good
to talk with a mentor or someone you work with during
volunteering activities. Give the person this page and ask
them to mark everything they feel applies to you.
Qualityes true somewhat true
not really true
not true at all
team worker
pro-active
organising
time management abilities
confident
morally upright
ability to plan
interpersonal sensitivity
creativity
resilience
enthusiastic
willingness to learn
communicative
full of ideas
hard-working
target-oriented
persistent
careful
patient
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Qualityes true somewhat true
not really true
not true at all
caring
curious
methodical
tolerant
reliable
punctual
helpful
responsible
open for constructive feedback
attentive
tidy
risk taker
strong-willed
sociable
ambitious
bustling
willing to compromise
diplomatic
adaptable
persuasive
other options
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The “Portfolio for Volunteering experiences – Based on
the ProfilPASS” is mainly about self-evaluating and self-
reflecting your activities and competencies.
But it can also be good to have the feedback from
someone else, this supports the process of self-
evaluation and improves your self-awareness
competence.
A good setup for feedback could be mutual exchange in
a safe environment in form of a dialogue.
Self-awareness is the ability to be aware of
one’s own strengths and weaknesses, to
neither overestimate nor underestimate
one’s own performance, behavior or learning.
It is a very important skill in personal and
professional life.
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Chapter 2
My Competences – a review Introduction
Evaluation
An overview
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In the previous chapter you defined and specified all
personal qualities and competences you have gained
during Volunteering activities. You have also self-
evaluated them and might have gained an outside
view by asking others about their opinion on your
competences.
In this chapter you will acquire an overview on your
competencies, you will find out what you like doing
best, what you do well and where might be still room for
improvement. In the end you will also recognize some
skills and competencies as your particular strengths.
On the following pages you are asked to list all the
competencies that you rated at level A and level B. These
are the competences that you can apply to specific or
similar situations with or without the help from others.
Please also list all those competencies that you have
rated at level C. These are the competences that you
have mastered doing volunteering and also in other
contexts recently.
This section of the “Portfolio for Volunteering
experiences” also offers you a list of areas of
competences and personal qualities, which are
considered to be used within recruitment processes
and are important in the context of Lifelong Learning.
You will be able to assign your competences to this list,
which will provide you with a good basis for planning
your future learning and volunteering activities, but also
if you wish to write a CV, prepare for a job interview and
enter professional life.
Introduction
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My competences – a review
Have a look at the results of your self-evaluation in
Chapter 1 Volunteering activities and note the results.
Please write down all the competences you have self-
evaluated at level A and level B.
Use the following symbols to specify those skills in
the lists:
» ! – I particularly enjoy to use this competence.
» X – This is what I would like to improve in.
Please list here all the competences that you rated
at level C.
This helps you to clarify which competences
you like to concentrate on when planning
further learning or volunteering activities or
when applying for a job.
Have a look at your list of personal qualities
from Chapter 1 to see which of these you like
to improve or which you should consider for
your further plans as well.
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Social Competences
e.g. Teamwork
Negotiating & persuading
Interpersonal sensitivity
Diplomacy
Communication
refer to living and working with other people
Organisational competences
e.g. Commercial awareness
Analysing & investigating
Planning & organising
Time Management
Action planning
Decision making
Achieving outcomes
Quality delivery
refer to the coordination and management of
personnel, projects and budget work, in non-profit
activities and housework etc.
Linguistic Competences /Global skills
refer to being able to speak and understand other
languages. Appreciation of other cultures.
I T C Competences
T I C is communication and information technology.
Skills in this area refer to handling of text editor
software and other applications, database research,
familiarity with internet, programming etc.
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Personal Qualities
e.g. Initiative
Drive
Flexibility
Self-awareness
Confidence
(Stress) tolerance
Integrity
Independence
Resilience
Enthusiasm
Willingness to learn
Seeing the bigger picture
refer to personal characteristics
Other competencies
e.g. artistic competences
Your competences can be assigned to
specific areas of competences. In certain
circumstances, e.g. in recruitment processes,
it can be useful to know which of your
competences and personal qualities belong
to which area of competence. It can help you
with writing your CV or preparing for a job
interview.
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Fill in your competences to this list of areas
of competences. For this, have a look at your
list of competences at the beginning of this
chapter and the list of qualities that you and
others have assigned to you in Chapter 1.
If you are unsure about which competence
correspond to which area discuss this with
your mentor or others.
Social Competences
Organisational competences
Linguistic Competences/Global skills
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I T C Competences
Personal Skills
Other competencies
e.g. artistic competences
Naturally not everyone has competences in all
areas. Don’t be alarmed if one or many fields
remain empty.
Please have in mind, there is no right or wrong
when filling in your competences.
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An overview
Please copy all the competences that you marked as
those you particularly enjoy doing in the graphic.
Also fill in those you would like to improve.
Now you have an overview of those competences that
derived from your Volunteering activities and which you
like using most.
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These are the competences worth
concentrating on when thinking about further
volunteering and learning activities as well as
entering professional life. The next section
of the ProfilPASS will help you to formulate
objectives and future plans.
The “Portfolio for Volunteering experiences”
provides a specific Certificate which is meant
to illustrate all competencies and personal
skills deriving from your Volunteering.
It is a document of recognition of your
achievements. You will find it at the end of
this Chapter. In Romania, VO LU M Federation
recommends using VoluntPass Volunteering
Certificate created to respect the national
Volunteering Law 78/2014, piloted with
125 organizations and institutions and
corelated with the needs of the employers
and national reality. It can be issued
online both in Romanian and English from
hartavoluntariatului.ro
Chapter 3
Objectives and next steps
Introduction
Formulating your goal
Tracking down Jobs of interest
Instruments for information collection
Formulating your learning objectives
Formulating next steps and a time frame
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You now know your skills and special competences.
The question is, what you will do with these results,
and how you will use them in your future plans. Which
competences will you expand on, which will you continue
to develop and what interests will you pursue.
Maybe you already have a specific goal in mind that you
would like to formulate objectives and next steps for.
Maybe you need to discuss with your mentor or family
and friends first what you would like to do with your
results and how you want to use them in the future.
However this chapter will help you to formulate:
» plans for future learning ventures,
» next steps towards possible employment and entering
professional life,
» involvement and improvement of skills within further
activities, e.g. Volunteering.
It will support you in researching professions that
are of interest for you and will take a closer look at
the personal qualities and competences you have,
need to improve or add in order to meet professional
requirements. It will also help you to formulate learning
objectives and plan next steps to reach them.
Introduction
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Formulating your goal
If you like to focus on your professional development
and already have an idea please list professions that
interest you. Please also list which competences,
personal skills and activities you would like to be
involved in your future job.
E X A M P L E :
It is my goal to find a job that involves the following
competences, activities and interests:
My goal is to enter professional life in the field of……
If you would like to concentrate on improvement
or gaining new skills and competences in general
put this goal into your own words. These might
be competences that you would like to develop
out of own interest and which you would like to
concentrate on in non-formal and in-formal learning
contexts, for example while continuing Volunteering.
E X A M P L E :
My objective is to continue Volunteering in the field
of……
While Volunteering I would like to improve my skills
in……
Please define a goal that you would like
to concentrate on and put them in your own
words.
It is best to focus on one goal at a time.
The following pages will support you in
researching a job of interest for you.
Turn to the Page 25 “Formulating your
learning objectives”.
It will support you in formulating learning
objectives within e.g. your Volunteering
activities.
page 34
Tracking down Jobs of interest – Jobs where I live
Have a look around where you live: What are the
professions people have in your family? What do you do
professionally? Start by writing down the names and the
professions of each of these people.
You can also add interesting professions that you have
heard of. Maybe you have come along interesting Jobs
during Volunteering? Job Agencies or internet platform
publish interesting jobs that you might want to look at as
well. Also consider which Jobs are available in your area
in order to gain a realistic picture for future plans.
page 35
Mind Map – Job information Introduction
You have an idea on which professions are of interest for
you.
It is time to gain more specific information about
what activities and tasks the profession involves,
which requirements you need to meet, what skills and
knowledge are required.
The mind map on the next page will support you in
collecting information about the profession you are
interested in. These questions will help you as well:
AC T I V I T I E S
Ce faci mai exact în această profesie?
WO R K P L AC E S
Where can I work? Which companies, institutions?
Where – in my city, area, other cities?
S P EC I A L I S AT I O N S
What occupational specialisations are there?
S I M I L A R P RO F E S S I O N S
What professions are similar to the one I am
interested in?
S K I L L S A N D Q UA L I T I E S
What kind of skills and competences are important
to have for this profession?
» Technical, professional, methodical competences
» Social and/or Organisational competences
» Personal skills
» others
AVA I L A B I L I T Y
Are there jobs and training occupations offers
available in the field you are interested in?
Sometimes the things we imagine about an
interesting job are not really true and does
not suit you in the end. It is worth taking a
closer look.
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Workplaces —
companies, institutions etc.
Activities
Skills & competences
Targeted profession
Professional competences &
Technical competences &
Methodical competences
Organisational, Social, Linguistic,
other competences
Personal skills —
soft skills
Availibility Similar professions
Specialisation
Information collection – Mind map
page 37
Workplaces —
companies, institutions etc.
Activities
Skills & competences
Targeted profession
Professional competences &
Technical competences &
Methodical competences
Organisational, Social, Linguistic,
other competences
Personal skills —
soft skills
Availibility Similar professions
Specialisation
Whi
ch s
kill
s &
co
mp
eten
ces
have
yo
u re
qui
red
in
Vo
lunt
eeri
ng a
ctiv
itie
s W
hich
ski
lls
& c
om
pet
ence
s ar
e ne
eded
fo
r
the
pro
fess
ion
you
are
mo
st in
tere
sted
in.
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ch k
now
led
ge,
ski
lls
& c
om
pet
ence
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ill y
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l nee
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pro
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ord
er t
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l re
qui
rem
ents
?
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the
ski
lls a
nd c
om
pet
ence
s th
at r
esul
ted
fro
m y
our
self
-eva
luat
ion
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cess
wit
hin
the
PP,
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o n
ote
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leve
l
that
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u as
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ned
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lf (A
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).
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k at
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ur li
st o
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erso
nal q
ualit
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as w
ell.
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e a
loo
k at
the
info
rmat
ion
on
skill
s an
d c
om
pet
ence
s
you
have
co
llect
ed o
r th
at y
ou
kno
w o
ff b
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imp
ort
ant
for
the
targ
eted
job
.
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ry t
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st a
t w
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leve
l the
ski
lls a
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pet
ence
s
are
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are
the
kno
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d c
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pet
ence
s yo
u ar
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able
to
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wit
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o w
ork
in. A
re t
here
any
com
pet
ence
s th
at y
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do
no
t ye
t ha
ve o
r no
t at
the
req
uire
d le
vel?
Thes
e in
form
atio
n w
ill g
ive
you
hint
s o
n w
hich
nex
t
step
s o
r le
arni
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bje
ctiv
es y
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mig
ht w
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s o
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ch k
now
led
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ski
lls
and
co
mp
eten
ces
ha
ve y
ou
req
uire
d in
oth
er a
reas
of
life
Thin
k ab
out
all
area
s in
life
whe
re y
ou
have
req
uire
d
skill
s w
hich
mig
ht b
e us
eful
fo
r p
rofe
ssio
nal l
ife
(sch
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l,
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cati
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. Als
o n
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at
whi
ch
leve
l A,B
,C y
ou
rate
the
m.
page 38
Whi
ch t
asks
hav
e yo
u d
one
on
reg
ular
bas
is
and
whi
ch d
id y
ou
enjo
y d
oin
g?
Whi
ch t
asks
and
act
ivit
ies
are
oft
en in
volv
ed
in t
he p
rofe
ssio
n?
Whi
ch a
ctiv
itie
s &
tas
ks la
ck p
ract
ice
To a
nsw
er t
his
ple
ase
also
go
bac
k to
Cha
pte
r 1
whe
re
you
have
list
ed t
asks
and
pro
ject
s yo
u ha
ve e
spec
ially
enjo
yed
do
ing
or
do
ne o
ften
wit
hin
Vo
lunt
eeri
ng.
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o c
ons
ider
oth
er a
reas
of
life,
e.g
. Ho
bb
ies,
Fam
ily,
Vo
cati
ona
l tra
inin
g.
Hav
e a
loo
k at
the
info
rmat
ion
colle
cted
and
list
the
one
s
you
thin
k ar
e m
ost
imp
ort
ant
for
your
tar
get
ed jo
b.
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mp
are
the
acti
viti
es y
ou
alre
ady
have
per
form
ed in
Vo
lunt
eeri
ng o
r o
ther
are
as o
f lif
e an
d t
hose
mai
nly
bei
ng p
art
of
the
pro
fess
ion
you
are
stri
ving
fo
r –
whi
ch
one
s ar
e si
mila
r an
d w
hich
one
s w
oul
d b
e ne
w t
o y
ou?
Thes
e in
form
atio
n w
ill g
ive
you
idea
s o
n w
hich
tas
ks y
ou
are
fam
iliar
wit
h an
d w
hich
wo
uld
be
new
to
yo
u. T
hese
will
hel
p y
ou
form
ulat
ing
nex
t st
eps.
page 39
Whi
ch s
kill
s &
co
mp
eten
ces
have
yo
u re
qui
red
in
Vo
lunt
eeri
ng a
ctiv
itie
sW
hich
ski
lls
& c
om
pet
ence
s ar
e ne
eded
fo
r
the
pro
fess
ion
you
are
mo
st in
tere
sted
in.
Whi
ch k
now
led
ge,
ski
lls
& c
om
pet
ence
s w
ill y
ou
stil
l nee
d t
o im
pro
ve o
r ac
qui
re in
ord
er t
o f
ulfi
l re
qui
rem
ents
?
Whi
ch t
asks
hav
e yo
u d
one
on
reg
ular
bas
is
and
whi
ch d
id y
ou
enjo
y d
oin
g?
Whi
ch t
asks
and
act
ivit
ies
are
oft
en in
volv
ed
in t
he p
rofe
ssio
n?
Whi
ch a
ctiv
itie
s &
tas
ks la
ck p
ract
ice
Whi
ch k
now
led
ge,
ski
lls
and
co
mp
eten
ces
ha
ve y
ou
req
uire
d in
oth
er a
reas
of
life
page 40
Formulating your learning objectives
Based on the results from your record you can now list
the knowledge, skills and competences you want to
focus on. If you have known all along which competences
to focus on you can start here as well:
It is important to formulate learning objectives as
realistic and specific as possible naming what you would
like to achieve exactly, on which level, how and in which
context.
Which Competences, skills, knowledge should be gained/ improved
Which level the competence should have in the future
How and where do I want to improve the competence
Until when/in which time frame do I want to have reached my goal
E X A M P L E
Italian language skills
E X A M P L E
Level B – (in a specific
context, independently,
without help of others.)
To be able to write and
read correspondents in
Italian – office work.
E X A M P L E
Language course at local
language school
(Name of school)
E X A M P L E
Course starts in Oct.
– for 6 month
page 41
Which Competences, skills, knowledge should be gained/ improved
Which level the competence should have in the future
How and where do I want to improve the competence
Until when/in which time frame do I want to have reached my goal
Recourses needed & possible obstacles
Recourses needed & possible obstacles
Recourses needed & possible obstacles
Recourses needed & possible obstacles
RESOURCES NEEDED OR POSSIBLE OBSTAC LE S
MIGHT REFER TO:
» People who support me and whose help I need to
reach my goal/learning objective.
» Objects, equipment, and financial means I need to
reach my goal.
» Obstacles I have to overcome to reach my goal.
page 42
Formulating my next steps and time frame
TIME PL AN FOR NE X T STEPS
TIME PL AN FOR NE X T STEPS
You have now phrased a realistic and specific learning
objective and goal for the next future.
This time plan will help you to note down your next
steps. In order for you to be able to reach this goal it is
important that you set yourself specific dates.
Of course you do not have to fill in the complete time
plan, adapt it according to your personal goals.
N E X T MON TH
What exactly?
WITHIN THE NE X T THREE MONTHS
What exactly?
WITHIN N E X T SIX MONTHS
What exactly?
By when?
By when?
By when?
Organization
registration number
Unique registration
number
/ / /
Volunteering
contract number
Nume Prenume Manager/Coordonator voluntar
Nume Prenume /LSReprezentant legal
Volunteering CertificatevoluntpassTo ms./mr.
for the volunteering activity at the organization
Eliberat la data de
18 .05 .2015
To mS./ mr .
Date of birth
For the volunteering activity at the organization
Between — he/she volunteered for
• arts and culture• sport and recreation• education and research • environment • health • social work
Date
Nume Surname Volunteer Manager
The volunteer and the issuing organization are fully responsible for the accuracy and veracity of the personal
acknowledge the requirements of the present Romanian Volunteering Law 78/2014 .
Issued on hartavoluntariatului.ro
Nume Surname Legal Representative
volu n tpass
• youth work• religion• human rights• social
activism and advocacy
• humanitarian support and/or philantrophy
• social development • social
/ /
Organizationregistration number
00001 / 2015
Uniqueregistration number
0000001 / 2015
Volunteering contract number
00001 / 2015
To mS./ mr .
Date of birth
For the volunteering activity at the organization
Between — he/she volunteered for
• arts and culture• sport and recreation• education and research • environment • health • social work
Date
Nume Surname Volunteer Manager
The volunteer and the issuing organization are fully responsible for the accuracy and veracity of the personal
acknowledge the requirements of the present Romanian Volunteering Law 78/2014 .
Issued on hartavoluntariatului.ro
Nume Surname Legal Representative
volu n tpass
• youth work• religion• human rights• social
activism and advocacy
• humanitarian support and/or philantrophy
• social development • social
/ /
Organizationregistration number
00001 / 2015
Uniqueregistration number
0000001 / 2015
Volunteering contract number
00001 / 2015
Activity report1. Volunteering activities performed
Type of activity, timeframe of the activity, group/groups with whom the volunteer worked during the
volunteering time, short description of the activity performed.
2. Tasks and ResponsabilitiesTasks and Responsabilities of the volunteer, role of the volunteer in the activities performed
during the volunteering time.
3. Skills and competences/Learning outcomesSkills related with the key-competences and skills related with professional competences,
general or specific, according to organisation profile.
The volunteer and the issuing organization are fully responsible for the accuracy and veracity of the personal details written in this certificate. The present form of the Volunteering Certificate is conceived to respect and acknowledge the requirements of the present Romanian Volunteering Law 78/2014 .
Issued on hartavoluntariatului.ro
Organizationregistration number
00001 / 2015
Uniqueregistration number
0000001 / 2015
Volunteering contract number
00001 / 2015
The volunteer and the issuing organization are fully responsible for the accuracy and veracity of the personal details written in this certificate. The present form of the Volunteering Certificate is conceived to respect and acknowledge the requirements of the present Romanian Volunteering Law 78/2014 .
Issued on hartavoluntariatului.ro
Volunteering certificate suplimentVoluntPass Supplement
Learning outcomes gained through volunteering activities
Related to the National Qualifications Framework and European Qualification FrameworkIn order to fill in the corresponding number/figure, we encourage you to read the document explaining the
levels of qualifications, extract from the European Qualification Framework, the equivalent of the National
Qualification Framework.
• LeveL of quaLif ication — 1 . . . 8*
* According to the level of qualification specified, in the volunteering certificate it will be detailed specifying
the skills, competencies and knowledge gained/developed. The description will be extracted from the
European Qualification Framework
Related to the 8 key competences: ☐ L inguiStic
in the mother tongu
☐ L inguiStic communication in foreign LanguageS
☐ mathematicaL competence and baSic competenceS in Science and technoLogy ;
☐ digitaL competenceS ;
☐ Learning to Learn;
☐ SociaL and c iv ic competenceS ;
☐ SenSe of in it iative and entrepreneurShip ;
☐ cuLt uraL awareneSS and expreSSion ;
Organizationregistration number
00001 / 2015
Uniqueregistration number
0000001 / 2015
Volunteering contract number
00001 / 2015
Related to Occupational Standards regulating occupations and qualificationsReferences about Occupational Standards can be found in the list of Occupational Standards for Professional
education and training can pe found HERE. References for this field implies content available mostly in
Romanian.
• generaL competenceS **of more than one occupation from the same occupational field/area
• Specif ic competenceS *on a single occupation
** For an easier process of filling in the general and/or specific competences, please find HERE a list of general
and specific competences translated, according to the Occupational Standard they are related to.
Related to Europass competencesReferences about the competences associated with Europass can be found HERE (specific documente) or HERE
• communication SkiLLS • organiSationaL / manageriaL SkiLLS• Job-reLated SkiLLS• digitaL competence• SociaL SkiLLS • other competenceS
related to the field of the activity/field of expertise
The volunteer and the issuing organization are fully responsible for the accuracy and veracity of the personal details written in this certificate. The present form of the Volunteering Certificate is conceived to respect and acknowledge the requirements of the present Romanian Volunteering Law 78/2014 .
Issued on hartavoluntariatului.ro
Organizationregistration number
00001 / 2015
Uniqueregistration number
0000001 / 2015
Volunteering contract number
00001 / 2015
Related to human resources, recruitment and hiring processesReferences about the defining the competences beyond can be found here.
.• communication and team work• SoLLution/reSuLt oriented • perSonaL efficency • SeLf-deveLopment• SenSe of in it iative • ethicaL conduct and perSonaL vaLueS
This volunteering supplement supports volunteers in the process of recognition of volunteering activities as professional experience, according to art. 10 (2 ) and implementing the art. 23 from the Romanian Volunteering Law 78/2014 .
All volunteers (with or without Romanian nationality) must respect the legislative framework for volunteering while performing volunteering activities on Romanian ground.
The volunteer and the issuing organization are fully responsible for the accuracy and veracity of the personal details written in this certificate. The present form of the Volunteering Certificate is conceived to respect and acknowledge the requirements of the present Romanian Volunteering Law 78/2014 .
Issued on hartavoluntariatului.ro
Organizationregistration number
00001 / 2015
Uniqueregistration number
0000001 / 2015
Volunteering contract number
00001 / 2015
page 49
Certificate for volunteering experiences
Have a look at chapter 1 for tasks and responsibilities you have done
during volunteering.
You have already named them when self-reflecting on them within the
self-evaluation process on page 8.
On page 6 you have already reflected which activities you valued
most.
Name those you consider most important and that you enjoy doing.
Mr. / Mrs Name / Surname
Ann
ex
Has done volunteering activities between to
At
name of organization & field of activity
◊ with an average amount of hours per week / month
◊ with a total amount of hours
Erasmus+
The volunteering activities included the following tasks and responsibilities:
page 50
Have a look at your competencies review in chapter 2, were you have
already listed the competencies you have applied and acquired in
volunteering.
Here you should lists those you enjoy doing most and those you have
evaluated on Level C, meaning those you are able to currently apply
independently in different contexts.
The personal skills and competences listed in this document have
been determined with the ProfilPASS process within the Portfolio
Evaluation of volunteering experiences – based on the ProfilPASS.
The ProfilPASS is a tool for self-exploration and self-evaluation of
individual competences in the process of lifelong learning with the
support of a professional advisor.
The portfolio Evaluation of volunteering experiences has been
developed within the Ersamus+ EuroVIP project, using the material of
the ProfilPASS.
The volunteer and the issuing organization is responsible for the
accuracy of the content of this certificate.
The following personal qualities have been shown and acquired during
volunteering activities.
You have already assessed your personal qualities on page 11 & 12.
To be more objective you might want to list those you and also
someone else has assigned to you.
◊ Dorința de a învăța
◊ Integritate
◊ Lucru în echipă
◊ Entuziasm
◊ Anduranță
◊ Creativitate
◊ Proactivitate
◊ Organizare
◊ Încredere
◊ Sensibilitate interpersonală
◊ Altele:
During these activities the following
competencies have been applied and
acquired:
Mr. / Ms. Name, Surname
has participated in the following course/ further training:
Datesads
Signature
of the Volunteer
Place / Date Stamp of organization
and full address
Signature of the
Legal Representative
of the Organization
coordonatorul de voluntari, reprezentantul legal etc.
Title/Objective
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You now have worked through the “Portfolio for
Volunteering experiences – Based on the ProfilPASS”
and have become aware of competences and skills that
you have learned and improved during volunteering
activities. You know what you have gained from your
volunteering engagements and how these abilities
and competences are valuable for further learning
experiences or professional life.
You might have found professions and jobs that are
interesting for you. And you realized which knowledge,
skills and competences are needed to enter this
profession. Last but not least you might have formulated
learning objectives to meet job requirements or next
steps to pursue new learning experiences, improve your
volunteering activities or to enter the labour market.
Whatever your personal plans might be — good luck and enjoy the journey!
page 52
Looking for volunteering experiences in Romania?
Where can you issue the volunteering certificate VoluntPass?
Check out hartavoluntariatului.ro
pagina 54
Contact
Ana Maria Grădinariu
Programs Coordinator
( + 4 ) 0 7 4 9 9 7 7 8 4 4
federatiavolum.ro
hartavoluntariatului.ro
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The „Portfolio for Volunteering experiences - Based on the ProfilPass”,
has been realised by FACE, Wisamar, VOLUM, Pour La Solidarité and
Volunteering Matters. This has been done within the framework of the
ERASMUS + “European Volunteer Inclusion Program (EuroVip)” project,
with the kind permission by the DIE to use the materials of the ProfilPASS
and ProfilPASS for young people.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the
Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which
may be made of the information contained therein.
Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programmeof the European Union
